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Addictive!	Customer Rating:
McNab at his addictive best. A book covering getting into the SAS and some of the missions undertaken by the Ice Cream Troop (read it, you'll see why). A gripping, fast paced read, hard to put down.

www.sasbooks.co.uk	Customer Rating:
Before reading this book i had already read Chris Ryan's "The one that got away" and Andy's "Bravo Two Zero", after reading both of those i wondered if i could find a better book..... I did!! this book has to be one of the best war/sas books i have ever read, i totally recommend this book to everyone who is interested in the SAS or any other military based interests.

Immediate Action	Customer Rating:
From the moment I read the first page I was gripped in to Andy McNab's career and life. Andy talks about his full life from him being a child to serving his Queen & Country! The book portrays his thoughts and feelings throughout is career very well and I have nothing but respect for the guy and other personnel who serve their country. TO SUM THIS BOOK UP IN ONE WORD: FANTASTIC

the best sas book out there	Customer Rating:
this in my opinon the best sas book out there and the parargraphs on slection is great seeing as i only need to do two more years service till i can attempt selection also the stories of his time in northen ireland,columbia and while on counter terroist duty are all awe inspiring this book also mentioned a man named Gaz Hunter (commander of B squadron) if u like this book should also buy his

Enjoyable read mainly because it was unexpected

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I read this book some time after reading Bravo Two Zero which tells the story of Andy McNab's survival in Iraq when his patrol was separated behind enemy lines in Iraq and expected something quite similar in Immediate Action. I was pleasantly surprised to find it somewhat different. Immediate Action is McNab's autobiography providing what I felt was a fairly frank review of his career in the Regiment starting with what made him sign up to the Army in the first place. He then proceeds to talk in quite some detail of the training regimes he faced throughout his career (especially the Selection process), repeating the same tasks over and over so that he could do it automatically should he need to in a theatre of war. He describes in detail (certainly more detail than others within the SAS would have appreciated) his activities in the various places he served ranging from Northern Ireland to South America. What surprised me about this book was that there isn't actually a great deal of action in the book - none of the heroic gunfights of Bravo Two Zero, but a more personal perspective on what it's like to realise you are faced with continuous risk of dying or seeing your team members die. That said the cynic might say that McNab comes across as being an everyday shoulder who managed to join the SAS as there's no major heroics in this book - but actually... I think it makes the book that much better.